A boring P build.. or is it?

[Andyjr1515]

Black for me.  It's going to look really good whatever

[bartelby]

Definitely black. For me the white just sort of glares too much. Whereas the black sets off the grain really well

[Christine]

I hate to go with the flow but.....black

[SpondonBassed]

Can you get off-white hardware?

Black then.

[naxos10]

What's the possibility of ageing the white scratch plate to more of a buttercream colour?

[Christine]

2 hours ago, naxos10 said:

What's the possibility of ageing the white scratch plate to more of a buttercream colour?

Soaking it in real coffee for a few days will do that

[Bridgehouse]

2 hours ago, naxos10 said:

What's the possibility of ageing the white scratch plate to more of a buttercream colour?

Possible, but a bit too much effort for a cheapie like this - I might look to find a proper cream guard for later 

[Bridgehouse]

Just now, Christine said:

Soaking it in real coffee for a few days will do that

Most of the coffee gets drunk in our house well before soaking can occur 

[Christine]

Just now, Bridgehouse said:

Most of the coffee gets drunk in our house well before soaking can occur 

Same here so all my PGs are white too

[Bridgehouse]

Black wins! And it’s fitted...

 

[Bridgehouse]

Bridge will go on this afternoon - then it’s just pickup and electronics. 

 

[Norris]

Looking lovely!

[Jus Lukin]

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Edited March 1, 2022 by Jus Lukin

[Geek99]

On 10/08/2018 at 21:29, Bridgehouse said:

Now, bass chatters....

Off white:

or Black?

Tort

[Geek99]

On 11/08/2018 at 09:05, naxos10 said:

What's the possibility of ageing the white scratch plate to more of a buttercream colour?

Rub some shoe polish over it

[Bridgehouse]

15 minutes ago, Geek99 said:

Tort

There’s always one

[rubis]

The black one sort of reminds me of that roasted ash p bass that Fender did recently, and I quite liked it, what about a single ply, matt bakelite looking plate?

[Bridgehouse]

1 minute ago, rubis said:

The black one sort of reminds me of that roasted ash p bass that Fender did recently, and I quite liked it, what about a single ply, matt bakelite looking plate?

As a cheap build I tried the two spare p guards I had - They are cheap as they are free

Agree tho - a single ply black would look good

[Bridgehouse]

Managed to get time to finish this tonight!

Stuck a Dimarzio P in I had in the spares drawer, along with a bunch of spare electronics - fitted, soldered up and so on.

Assembled and strung with some TI Flats - it’s now sounding like a proper chunky thumpy P bass. Very nice.

I added the costs up. Given I had a lot of bits lying around this actually only cost about £120 - but I reckon even if you had to buy all the bits it would be around £300 all up, which is really rather splendid!

[Andyjr1515]

That looks brilliant!

It's immensely satisfying playing a bass you've made yourself, isn't it!   Welcome to the club

[Jimothey]

That looks great!! 

I'm thinking if using that colour Danish oil on a warwick corvette style kit build that I'm hopefully gonna do but the body is Alder so I wonder how different the colour will come out? Was 0.5l enough for all the coats you did? 😀

Edited August 27, 2018 by Jimothey

[Bridgehouse]

1 hour ago, Jimothey said:

That looks great!! 

I'm thinking if using that colour Danish oil on a warwick corvette style kit build that I'm hopefully gonna do but the body is Alder so I wonder how different the colour will come out? Was 0.5l enough for all the coats you did? 😀

Alder would come out slightly darker. Not much tho. And I’d say 0.5 l would do about 5 basses...

[tommorichards]

Where did you get the body again? And looks brilliant.

[Bridgehouse]

4 minutes ago, tommorichards said:

Where did you get the body again? And looks brilliant.

It was a second from someone I know who makes them - no website or suchlike though 

[SpondonBassed]

Given that you posted at a minute past midnight you could call that the Midnight P, ahem.

I love its smouldering good looks.